original description
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin
page(s): 481 [details]
original description
(of Macellolophus Verhoeff, 1931) Verhoeff, K. W. (1931). Chilognathen aus den Bergamasker Alpen und Nachbargebieten; auch über zwei neue Gattungen der Polydesmoidea aus Spanien und Japan. 121. Diplopoden-Aufsatz. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 61(4): 397-452. Jena
page(s): 438 [details]
additional source
Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam
page(s): 271 [details]
additional source
Ceuca, T. (1988). Sur quelques diplopodes de la Peninsule Iberique et du nord de l'Afrique. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Seria Biologia, 33(2): 40-48. Cluj
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source
Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source
Hoffman, R. L.; Lohmander, H. (1968). The Diplopoda of Turkey. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65: 61-121. Hamburg
page(s): 99 [details]
additional source
Mauriès, J.-P.; Golovatch, S. I.; Hoffman, R. L. (2006). Review of the millipede genus Macellolophus Attems, 1940 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 15(1): 19-21
page(s): 20 [details]
additional source
Marek, P. E.; Tanabe, T.; Sierwald, P. (2014). A species catalog of the millipede family Xystodesmidae. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History Publications.</em> 17: 1-117., available online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q2QsOY_MMeyn0wr-Y6cHK0kEqeaLqip-/view
page(s): 82 [details]
new combination reference
Shelley, R. M.; Smith, J. M. (2018). Expanded concept and revised taxonomy of the milliped family Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Xystodesmoidea): incorporations of Euryuridae Pocock, 1909 and Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 1951, taxon revivals/ proposals/transferrals, and a distributional update. <em>Insecta Mundi.</em> 0660: 1-41.
page(s): 4; note: Transferred to Chelodesmidae [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Macellolophus Verhoeff, 1931, was invalidly proposed without a type species [details]